HE HOLDS US CLOSE

"The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."

Jeremiah 31:3
King James Version

I watched as a mother held her son close and hugged him as he was getting ready to leave home. I got tears in my eyes as I realized that is exactly what our Heavenly Father does for us.

He holds us close to His loving heart.
There is no greater love than the love our Heavenly Father and Jesus has for you and for me. What a privilege is ours to be loved by our Heavenly Father and by our precious Saviour.

I heard Dottie Rambo sing one of the most beautiful hymns I have ever heard "If That Isn't Love". What an amazing unconditional and unending love Jesus has for you and for me.

"He left the Splendor of Heaven Knowing His destiny Was the lonely hill of Golgotha There to lay down His life for me. If that isn't love The ocean is dry There's no stars in the sky And the sparrow can't fly If that isn't love Then Heavens a myth There's no feeling like this If that isn't love

Even in death He remembered The thief hanging by His side He spoke with love and compassion Then He took him to Paradise."

"And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." Luke 23:39-43

Jesus holds us close to His loving heart. How close do we hold Him? Have we allowed Him to have first place in our heart, in our time and in everything we do? If not, we are hurting Him and breaking His heart.

Joanne Lowe
February 26, 2022